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Fall 2023
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
by James McBride
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Brief Synopsis
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Information About the Author

In this Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 file photo, author and filmmaker James McBride poses for a portrait during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. James McBride has the won the National Book Award for fiction for his novel “The Good Lord Bird.”, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013. AP Photo/Victoria Will, File)
James McBride is an award-winning author, musician, and screenwriter. His landmark memoir, The Color of Water, published in 1996, has sold millions of copies and spent more than two years on the New York Times bestseller list. Considered an American classic, it is read in schools and universities across the United States. His debut novel, Miracle at St. Anna, was turned into a 2008 film by Oscar-winning writer and director Spike Lee, with a script written by McBride. His 2013 novel, The Good Lord Bird, about American abolitionist John Brown, won the National Book Award for Fiction and will be a Showtime limited series in fall 2020 starring Ethan Hawke.
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Author Interviews
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You Tube – James McBride discussing the themes of his new novel with Jeffrey Brown on PBS News Hour (This is a 7-minute video.)
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“Light is only possible through dialogue between cultures, not through rejection of one or the other.”
― The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
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